Brock Osweiler

The Vegas line insisted the Texans were 2 1/2-point favorites. The line around New England all week was, "What if the kid gets hurt? They gonna play Julian Edelman at QB?"

And then Bill Belichick, in all his sartorial splendor, walked onto the field at Gillette Stadium on Thursday night. A fan held up a big sign: "No Tom. No Jimmy. No Problem." And just like that, before the national anthem was finished, the Texans were finished.

No Tom Brady. No Jimmy Garoppolo. No problem.

The Patriots started rookie quarterback Jacoby Brissett, yet it was the Texans who played like rookies.

Brissett, who replaced Garoppolo Sunday against the Dolphins after he...

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